A/N: Jeez... This is doing better than I thought it would... OO

I sat at the couch with Mia and Gisele, making small talk at first before Mia and I tried to get to know Gisele. "So, when you were twelve, you put hot sauce in your dad's sandwich because he wouldn't let you drive his car?" Mia laughed. "Jeez, that is so, I just don't even know!"

"That's tame compared to what Bri did to me. When we were ten, he decided it would be really funny to put a spider sac in my room while I was asleep. I woke up just as it hatched and ran for the door screaming bloody murder." Gisele choked on her drink in her laugh. "Yeah. He was a jackass to me. Of course, into high school years I managed to get a lot of blackmail."

"I don't even want to think about what you could make Brian do with it," Gisele said, placing her drink down.

"Knowing her? Something ridiculous but hilarious. If you think today was funny? Just wait until tomorrow when she has settled in and goes shopping. The things she does just ot upset her brother." Mia shook her head at me.

I laughed at the Toretto. "You act as though I actually pay for it! Besides, I already did. I can go get my duffel and start on what's in there. Knowing Rome, he'll get curious, then Tej, then that Pedro guy, and then Brian will come over and get all red and shit." Mia laughed and practically pushed me to my feet. "Babe, I know you've been waiting so long to see what I've gotten to wear just for you, but you don't have to push me!" I said loudly to attract attention before jogging to my car. I saw Dom shaking his head out the corner of my eye with as small a grin as a grin could get on his face.

"What, Dom? You loved my last selection... when Letty was wearin' it." I reached into the car before looking around. "Speaking of, where is Leticia Ortiz? Last time I didn't see her for a long ass time was because she was plannin' a party forbeing clean for a whole year. Last time I checked, nothing worth celebrating is anytime near today, unless you want to count when I first smoked." I set it on the couch and looked around. Brian was now standing and Dom was walking towards me.

"Brian, I thought you told her," Dom said quietly, glaring at my brother. I swapped wary looks between the two of them. "And now we have to tell her with a whole bunch of people around unless you want to take her to a hotel where she can be alone. Or go to Vince's place so she can see her kids."

"C'mon," I said with a forced laugh. "Letty was at my house a couple of months ago. She should know that Charlie and Julianna are in town, nonetheless myself." Brian and Dom stood side by side with Mia standing next to me not making eye contact. "She should be around, right? You aren't in another fight, are ya Dom? C'mon, tell me where she is."

Brian grabbed my arm, sliding down to my hand. "Perry, don't make this harder on yourself. I think that you already know what we're gong to say." My already fake smile fell. "Perry, don't look at me like that. Sis, just don't."

"Look at you like what?" I said, blinking fast and smiling. "I'm not looking at you like anything, brother. I'm fine. So where is she?"

"Sis, Letty's gone, and you already know it from the way we've been acting." He smiled sadly, and I knew he would try a joke out. "I know you like everything written out, but damn." I shook my head. "Too soon?" I pulled away from him and went to my car again, picking up my bag on the way. Mia followed me, Roman getting up soon after with Han nearby.

I shut the door and grabbed my phone. It was quiet as I put a song on, letting it hum quietly through the car. Han had taken the front seat, offering from his bag of chips while Mia rested her chin on my seat next to the headrest and Roman offered me a drink. I held a hand out to decline. "Not right now, guys, really. Can I just.. be alone?"

"Last time I left you alone," Mia whispered. "You nearly died. Got in your car and drove as fast as you could at a tree near the bridge." She sighed audibly beside my ear. "I know there was a third child too." I looked down in shame at what I had done. "I never told Brian or Dom, but Letty knew."

"I'm not suicidal anymore. Jesse is gone and I'm okay now."

"What about with Letty being gone? I'm not going to trust you alone, Perizada." I glanced in surprise at Han. "I may have met you for a brief period of time in Ecuador, but you're important to a lot of people."

"I said I'm not suicidal," I repeated. "I'm not going to kill myself." I shifted my hands, trying not to think about them, but his hand snaked out and caught my right wrist. "Let go of me!" I tried jerking away from him but his grip was iron. "Let go, Han!" He kept eye contact with me, eating his chips without breaking a sweat. Roman was glaring at him, but didn't do or say anything to him about it. I tried hitting him with my right hand before going to my left, attempting to hit him hard enough to weaken his grip. Mia caught my arm and held onto it with Rome. "Let go!"

Han said nothing as he turned my hand over and pulled down my sleeve, exposing my scars. I moved my eyes away, turning my head. Mia and Roman let my arm drop, and I let it come to rest in my lap, but Han held onto my right one. "Just because you don't kill yourself doesn't mean you won't hurt yourself. And I don't feel like trying to stop a girl from bleeding to death because she cut too deep." I didn't say anything. "Perizada?"

"Don't call me that," I whispered. "Only Jesse always referred to me as that. He said my name was pretty but didn't hold a candle to me. Then he'd compare me to engines then Letty would come in and make sure I wasn't doing anything before slipping a condom in my pocket with a wink. Even before we started dating, as though she knew we would be together... She seemed to know everything when it came to me." I reached under my feet and grabbed my jacket. "Either way, that was from before. When I couldn't get over that he had died."

"Johnny Tran's killer..." Mia whispered as though realizing for the first time. I said nothing. "You made it seem like you'd left days before he was killed and that was how you got away with it. That was four years ago when you had a job around LA and visited me. You killed him?"

"I did. He didn't have to kill Jesse, especially when he knew that Jess was going to be a father," I said, glaring at my hands. "I woke up every night shaking for months, Mia, always after dreaming of killing Johnny Tran in various ways. Burning him alive, draining him of blood, slitting his throat, poison, everything. How could I keep that around the kids? So I did it. I shot Johnny Tran and I killed him. I haven't had one since then, Mia."

"Jesus. Did Letty know?"

"Yeah. She was the one to call me as soon as she heard, and I wouldn't be surprised if Dom knew too. Letty knew as soon as she even got a whiff that Johnny Tran was dead. She didn't talk to me for weeks." I looked down at my wrists. "I found that dreamless sleep came after draining myself to exhaustion, so I did it until it stopped working and the dreams came anyway. Scars are there to remind me of how dreadfully desperate I became." I looked to the side as a finger traced the deepest scar. Han was looking down in almost pity at my wrist until I gently tugged and he let it go. "Don't tell Brian... He doesn't know."

"What?" Mia hissed.

"I never told him! He doesn't know any of it! I only told Letty."

"So this Jesse dude fathered your kids? Damn, that is one lucky guy," Roman said, trying to lighten up the mood again. I smiled weakly. "Let's get out, Perry, and just play cards or something. Hey, I'll race ya later."

I nodded and opened my car door, looking down at my phone and hiding the pocketknife I had grabbed. I slammed the door. "What the hell..." I called back my one missed call.

"Hello?"

"Yeah, I got a call from this number a while ago and missed it dealing with some... business. Any reason for calling?" I heard a breathy chuckle on the other end, as though he were drunk. "Oh, you read the hoe's number wrong again. Her cell is 36, not 63, babe."

"I called to warn you," he continued on, as though I hadn't spoken. "You are a wild card, dearie, a very wild card. And what you could potentially do is a big threat that I will make you regret." I heard a swish then swears. "So, back out now, and I won't fuck up your whole life. Don't back out, and, well, I'll fuck up your whole life!" He laughed as though it were hilarious before the line ended.

"Who was that?" Gisele asked, and I looked at the number. Private.

"Hoe in town has similar digits to me, drunks usually mix 'em up." I locked my phone and shoved it in my pocket. "Anyway, go on ahead and carry on with the night. I'm going to crash after calling Charlie and Julianna and talking to Vince. I forgot to tell him that he has to force Charlie down or he'll be up all night until he passes out." I turned toward Dom. "Yo, Dom! I'm heading out to my hotel. Got a reservation. Feel free to come over." I walked over and hugged my brother and kissed Mia on the cheek. "Be sure to sneak out tonight so I can show my new awesome selection. I'd hate to keep you waiting," I whispered loudly.

"Bye, Per," Roman said, crushing me to him. I choked and coughed before he let me go and allowed me to walk to my car. I just didn't expect that Han would already be there, finally not eating.

"Get out of my car," I said. "I don't need to be babysat all the time."

"I'm not babysitting. I'm catching a ride because I don't have one and don't trust the taxi service here. Besides," he smirked over at me. "I don't doubt that you can drive much better than those taxi drivers. And faster.